The Positional and Distributional Structure of daiin

Core Focus: This research note audits the high-frequency token daiin (the manuscript's most frequent word) against structural variables including paragraph position, line-level placement, Currier language variety, manuscript section, locus type, and neighboring-word prefix pathways. Key Findings: The analysis reveals that daiin significantly avoids paragraph-initial positions while being enriched at paragraph-final positions and line edges. It is predominantly a running-prose word heavily skewed toward Currier Language A and the Herbal and Pharmaceutical sections. Furthermore, extending the vowel-run dose-response framework to the -ain/-aiin/-aiiin family shows that the qok-/qot- layered pathway collapses while bare forms rise, confirming that vowel-run length constrains prefix pathways in a family-specific manner. Methodological Significance: The positional profile and structural avoidance patterns support the characterization of daiin as a connective or line-filling element rather than a label or content word, while demonstrating that vowel-run conditioning rules vary idiosyncratic across different root families.]